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Tenth Annual Graduate Research Symposium Award Winners

Wed, 27 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Tenth Annual Graduate Research Symposium Award Winners

Tenth Annual Graduate Research Symposium, Program, May 9, 2014

Wed, 27 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Tenth Annual Graduate Research Symposium, Program, May 9, 2014

Motivation Matters: Development of a Short Form Measure of Solitude for Adolescents and Emerging Adults

Thu, 11 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Solitude affords adolescents and emerging adults opportunities for mood regulation (Larson, Csikszentmihalyi, & Graef, 1982), identity development (Larson, 1997), and self-reflection (Long & Averill, 2003) as they navigate the task of individuation (Grotevant & Cooper, 1998). The purpose of this study was to develop a short form of the Motivation for Solitude Scale (MSS) (Nicol, 2005); Nicol’s scale draws on Self-Determination Theory (Ryan & Deci, 2002) and distinguishes between self-determined solitude (SDS) (i.e., moving toward the self for creative or reflective purposes) and not-self-determined solitude (NSDS) (i.e., withdrawing from people because of rejection or anxiety). The MSS represents an improvement over the widely used Preference for Solitude Scale (PSS) (Burger, 1995) because the PSS does not differentiate between positive and negative reasons for preferring solitude. Mental health outcomes, such as loneliness, correlated with the PSS may depend...

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